Blind Lemon Jefferson — Beggin Back

[Verse 1] Oh my baby, take me back Why, why, Lord, take me back Listen here, mama, I'll be good Make your fire and cut your wood When I had you, you wouldn't do I got another and I don't want you [Interlude] [?] every time it gets cold, you commence to beggin' me to take you back You know I don't care anything for you Why do you worry me so? You treats me like... that you were fixin' to leave me now Baby, I wants to tell you, you ain't been actin' right for the last 30 days Now, and when I come home after noon, my meals are not ready, and you know I'm a man who can't stand such as that I want to eat when еating time comes, and su— sugar, now listen hеre You sure is worryin' my mind I want you to stop that, before you gon— you gonna find everything outdoors [Verse 2] Every evening, half past eight I'll play around the rich man gate Working and studying, thinking out the plan How to get that biscuit out that rich man's hand Rich man hand, rich man hand How to get that biscuit out the rich man's hand [Interlude] What is it, woman? Tell me what in the world the matter with you? You is actin' awful funny, gal, you actin' plumb naughty Now listen, I'm gon' tell you one thing, I ain't gon' tell you no more You gotta use [?], baby, from the way you've been actin' the last Thursday Now, if you don't, tonight when you come home you'll find a moon wagon at your gate, and your clothes at the front gate, and a man sittin' up there, Lord, he's gon' quit And honey, that's all [Verse 3] You [needn't/need to/didn't] thank me ['cause/once] you black I ain't gonna beg you to take me back I went walkin' down the line To see will this woman change her mind She turned 'round two or three times Take you back in the wintertime